We have an open BMET II position at Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington, Indiana.
The position information is summarized below, and any interested candidates can apply online
http://www.bloomingtonhospital.org/EmploymentList.asp
Search for Facility=Bloomington Hospital; Category=Professional, Non-Clinical; Status=Full Time; Date=No limit
Job Summary
Performs various PM, repair, technology management and customer service activities related to clinical instrumentation. Works approximately 50% of the time in [...]

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24X7 Magazine has an article by David Meador, CBET titled “Troubleshoot This - 10 steps to faster problem solving”.
I guess the time has come for someone to have written a Troubleshooting Checklist specially for Biomeds.
Truth is if I had a nickle for the amount of times one of these ten has been the cause of the [...]

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Our Lady of Fatima Hospital is seeking a qualified candidate with an Associates degree in biomedical equipment technology or military equivalent with at least two-years experience working on biomedical equipment. Must demonstrate competence in servicing a broad range of patient-care equipment. The candidate will be responsible for the repair, calibration, safety and performance [...]

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The FDA issued a Public Health Notification last week warning of the potential risk of Device Malfunction caused by CT Scans.
Apparently, CT scans can cause internal and external medical devices to malfunction. This is due to the x-ray being emitted as part of the CT Scan; and the higher the setting/dose, the greater the risk of causing [...]

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Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls, WI currently has an opening in its Clinical Engineering Department for an experienced Biomedical Equipment Technician to perform highly skilled technical work in the inspection, maintenance and repair of diagnostic, therapeutic and monitoring medical equipment. EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 4 years experience as a BMET in a medical environment. [...]

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The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA)competition is the premier awards program for the medical technology community, recognizing the achievements of medical product manufacturers and the many people behind the scenes—engineers, scientists, designers, and clinicians—who are responsible for the groundbreaking innovations that are changing the face of healthcare.
2008 Winners include:

Netguard Wireless ECG System by Datascope

E4D Dentist [...]

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MIT’s Technology Review Blog has a wonderful post arguing for the developement of interactive plug & play medical devices that can communicate, collaberate and assess patient status.
Julian Goldman, director of the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology’s Medical Device Interoperability Program, presents two examples of how interactive medical devices can increase patient safety.

Integrated Ventilator: A [...]

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Register for the CE-IT Town Hall Meeting Webcast taking place July 15th, 2008 at 1pm EST.
Register CE-IT Town Hall Meeting

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The CE-IT Collaborative by ACCE, AAMI, and HIMSS has launched a new website titled “CE-IT Community: A Clinical Engineering/IT Collaboration.
About The CE-IT Community:
In February 2008, leaders of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE), and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) joined forces to [...]

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The Baltimore Sun reports that the FDA with Computer Programmers and IT Experts have found the medical equipment malfunction my not be caused by poorly designed of badly made device, but rather due to faulty programmed code operating the device.
From the Baltimore Sun Article:
“After a routine piece of medical equipment started mysteriously killing hospital patients [...]

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